MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3)

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (COURSE 3) 3.003 Principles of Engineering Practice Subject meets with 3.004 Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) U (Spring) 3.001 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 1-2-6 units Prereq: None U (Spring) Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century 2-0-1 units engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- Provides a broad introduction to topics in materials science and the based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic, curricula in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's and technological challenges of engineering practice by participating core subjects. Lectures emphasize conceptual and visual examples in actual engineering projects involving public transportation and of materials phenomena and engineering, interspersed with guest information infrastructure with faculty and industry. Student teams speakers from both inside and outside academia to show possible create prototypes and mixed media reports with exercises in project career paths. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused planning, analysis, design, optimization, demonstration, reporting credit limit for rst year students. Preference to rst-year students. and team building. Preference to rst-year students. F. M. Ross L. Kimerling

3.002 Materials for Energy 3.004 Principles of Engineering Practice Prereq: None Subject meets with 3.003 U (Spring) Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) 2-0-1 units U (Spring) 3-3-6 units The relationship between cleaner and more sustainable means for energy conversion, storage and conservation, and the materials that Introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century enable them, is one of powerful history, growth, and hope. It is a engineering projects with three threads of learning: a technical story of strengthening passion, but also fragility, with tremendous toolkit, a social science toolkit, and a methodology for problem- future potential if the relationship is properly nurtured. It is, at based learning. Students encounter the social, political, economic its core, a love story. How did the relationship begin, where is it and technological challenges of engineering practice via case now, and how will it play out? Its solidly materialistic underpinning studies and participation in engineering projects. Includes a six- may appear simple, but as we will see materialism can be highly stage term project in which student teams develop solutions through complicated as it relates to energy. Will this relationship between exercises in project planning, analysis, design, optimization, materials and energy continue burning, albeit passionately but demonstration, reporting, and team building. at great cost on a planetary scale? Or will it mature into a deeper, L. Kimerling more diverse, and more subtle connection that enables nothing less than the continued thriving of all living species? Subject can count 3.005 Passion Projects: Living in a Material World toward 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst-year students. Prereq: None Preference to rst-year students. U (Spring) J. Grossman Not oered regularly; consult department 1-2-6 units

Project-based seminar in which students formulate and answer questions about a material or object that interests and inspires them. Uses cutting-edge equipment to characterize the materials' structure in order to understand its role and functionality. Analyzes the lifecycle of the material to better understand the full use case. Culminates in the creation of a website, video, and nal presentation in which students share the results of their research. Preference to rst-year students; limited to 15. J. Grossman

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3.006 NEET Seminar: Advanced Materials Machines 3.017 Modelling, Problem Solving, Computing, and Visualization Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: ((3.014, 3.030, or 3.033) and (6.0001, 12.010, 16.66, or U (Fall, Spring) 3.016B)) or permission of instructor 1-0-2 units U (Spring) Can be repeated for credit. Not oered regularly; consult department 2-2-8 units Seminar for students enrolled in the Advanced Materials Machines NEET thread. Focuses on topics around innovative materials Covers development and design of models for materials processes manufacturing via guest lectures and research discussions. and structure-property relations. Emphasizes techniques for solving E. Olivetti equations from models or simulating their behavior. Assesses methods for visualizing solutions and aesthetics of the graphical 3.0061[J] Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping presentation of results. Topics include symmetry and structure, (New) classical and statistical thermodynamics, solid state physics, Same subject as 22.03[J] mechanics, phase transformations and kinetics, statistics and Prereq: None presentation of data. U (Fall) W. C. Carter 2-2-2 units 3.019 Introduction to Symbolic and Mathematical Computing See description under subject 22.03[J]. Enrollment limited; Prereq: None preference to Course 22 Course 3 majors and minors, and NEET U (Fall) students. 2-1-0 units M. Short, E. Olivetti, A. Nasto Introduces fundamental computational techniques and applications 3.010 Structure of Materials of mathematics to prepare students for materials science and Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 engineering curriculum. Covers elementary programming concepts, U (Fall) including data analysis and visualization. Students study 3-2-7 units. Institute LAB computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them in computational soware to gain familiarity with techniques used Describes the fundamentals of bonding and structure that underpin in subsequent subjects. Uses examples from material science and materials science. Structure of noncrystalline, crystalline, and liquid- engineering applications, particularly from structure and mechanics crystalline states across length scales including short and long of materials, including linear algebra, tensor transformations, review range ordering. Point, line, and surface imperfections in materials. of calculus of several variables, numerical solutions to dierential Diraction and structure determination. Covers molecular geometry questions, and random walks. and levels of structure in biological materials. Includes experimental W. C. Carter and computational exploration of the connections between structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials. Covers 3.020 Thermodynamics of Materials methodology of technical communication (written/oral) with a view Prereq: Chemistry (GIR); Coreq: 18.03 or 18.032 to integrate experimental design, execution, and analysis. U (Spring) Sta 4-2-6 units. REST

3.013 Mechanics of Materials Introduces the competition between energetics and disorder Prereq: Physics I (GIR) and Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor that underpins materials thermodynamics. Presents classical U (Fall) thermodynamic concepts in the context of phase equilibria, 3-2-7 units including phase transformations, phase diagrams, and chemical reactions. Includes computerized thermodynamics and an Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Includes experimental of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress and computational laboratories. Covers methodology of technical transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity, and fracture. Continuum communication with the goal of presenting technical methods in behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior broader contexts and for broad audiences. are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Sta Lab experiments, computational exercises, and demonstrations give hands-on experience of the physical concepts. C. Tasan

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3.021 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation 3.030 Microstructural Evolution in Materials Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 Oered under: 1.021, 3.021, 10.333, 22.00 U (Fall) Prereq: 18.03, 3.016B, or permission of instructor 4-2-6 units U (Spring) 4-0-8 units. REST Covers microstructures, defects, and structural evolution in all classes of materials. Topics include solution kinetics, interface Basic concepts of computer modeling and simulation in science stability, dislocations and point defects, diusion, surface and engineering. Uses techniques and soware for simulation, data energetics, grains and grain boundaries, grain growth, nucleation analysis and visualization. Continuum, mesoscale, atomistic and and precipitation, and electrochemical reactions. Lectures illustrate quantum methods used to study fundamental and applied problems a range of examples and applications based on metals, ceramics, in physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanics, engineering, electronic materials, polymers, and biomedical materials. Explores and biology. Examples drawn from the disciplines above are used to the evolution of microstructure through experiments involving understand or characterize complex structures and materials, and optical and electron microscopy, calorimetry, electrochemical complement experimental observations. characterization, surface roughness measurements, and other M. Buehler, R. Freitas characterization methods. Investigates structural transitions and structure-property relationships through practical materials 3.023 Synthesis and Design of Materials examples. Prereq: 3.010 J. Hu U (Spring) 4-2-6 units 3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials Prereq: Physics I (GIR) and (18.03 or 3.016B) Provides understanding of transitions in materials, including U (Fall) intermolecular forces, self-assembly, physical organic chemistry, Not oered regularly; consult department surface chemistry and electrostatics, hierarchical structure, 4-1-7 units and reactivity. Describes these fundamentals across classes of materials, including solid-state synthesis, polymer synthesis, sol- Basic concepts of solid mechanics and mechanical behavior gel chemistry, and interactions with biological systems. Includes of materials: elasticity, stress-strain relationships, stress rsthand application of lecture topics through design-oriented transformation, viscoelasticity, plasticity and fracture. Continuum experiments. behavior as well as atomistic explanations of the observed behavior Sta are described. Examples from engineering as well as biomechanics. Lab experiments and demonstrations give hands-on experience of 3.029 Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials the physical concepts. Oers a combination of online and in-person Scientists and Engineers I instruction. Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 3.019; Coreq: 3.020 L. Gibson U (Spring) 3-0-6 units 3.033 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 Computational techniques and applications of mathematics to U (Fall) prepare students for a materials science and engineering curriculum. 4-2-6 units Students study computation/visualization and math techniques and apply them with symbolic algebra soware (Mathematica). They Uses fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, solid state code and visualize topics from symmetry and structure of materials physics, electricity and magnetism to describe how the electronic, and thermodynamics. Topics include symmetry and geometric optical and magnetic properties of materials originate. Illustrates transformations using linear algebra, review of calculus of several how these properties can be designed for particular applications, variables, numerical solutions to dierential equations, tensor such as diodes, solar cells, optical bers, and magnetic data transformations, eigensystems, quadratic forms, and random walks. storage. Involves experimentation using spectroscopy, resistivity, Supports concurrent material in 3.020. impedance and magnetometry measurements, behavior of light in W. C. Carter waveguides, and other characterization methods. Uses practical examples to investigate structure-property relationships. P. Anikeeva

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3.039 Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials 3.042 Materials Project Laboratory Scientists and Engineers II Prereq: 3.014, 3.032, or 3.044 Prereq: 3.029; Coreq: 3.030 U (Fall, Spring) U (Fall) 1-6-5 units 3-0-6 units Student project teams design and fabricate a working prototype Continues 3.029 with applications to microstructural evolution, using materials processing technologies (e.g. solid works 3-D electronic optical and magnetic properties of materials. Emphasizes design soware, computer numerical controlled mill, injection and reinforces topics in 3.030 with visualization, computational, and molding, thermoforming, investment casting, powder processing, mathematical techniques. Mathematics topics include symbolic and three-dimensional printing, physical vapor deposition) appropriate numerical solutions to partial dierential equations, Fourier analysis, for the materials and device of interest. Goals include using MSE Bloch waves, and linear stability analysis. fundamentals in a practical application; understanding trade- W. C. Carter os between design, processing, and performance and cost; and fabrication of a deliverable prototype. Emphasis on teamwork, 3.041 Computational Materials Design project management, communications and computer skills, with Subject meets with 3.321 extensive hands-on work using student and MIT laboratory shops. Prereq: 3.022 and 3.032 Teams document their progress and nal results by means of written U (Spring) and oral communication. Limited to 25. 3-2-7 units M. Tarkanian

Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials 3.044 Materials Processing microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. Prereq: 3.012 and 3.022 Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance U (Spring) relations in computational parametric design of materials 4-0-8 units composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established Introduction to materials processing science, with emphasis on heat by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of transfer, chemical diusion, and fluid flow. Uses an engineering macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation approach to analyze industrial-scale processes, with the goal of to accelerate materials qualication through component-level identifying and understanding physical limitations on scale and process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation speed. Covers materials of all classes, including metals, polymers, to eciently dene minimum property design allowables. Case electronic materials, and ceramics. Considers specic processes, studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with such as melt-processing of metals and polymers, deposition applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate technologies (liquid, vapor, and vacuum), colloid and slurry version complete additional assignments. processing, viscous shape forming, and powder consolidation. G. Olson E. Olivetti

3.046 Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials Prereq: 3.020 or permission of instructor U (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units

Explores equilibrium thermodynamics through its application to topics in materials science and engineering. Begins with a fast-paced review of introductory classical and statistical thermodynamics. Students select additional topics to cover; examples include batteries and fuel cells, solar photovoltaics, magnetic information storage, extractive metallurgy, corrosion, thin solid lms, and computerized thermodynamics. R. Jaramillo

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3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials 3.055[J] Biomaterials Science and Engineering Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor Same subject as 20.363[J] U (Spring) Subject meets with 3.963[J], 20.463[J] 3-0-9 units Prereq: 20.110[J] or permission of instructor U (Fall) Latest scientic developments and discoveries in the eld of 3-0-9 units nanomechanics, i.e. the deformation of extremely tiny (10-9 meters) areas of synthetic and biological materials. Lectures include a See description under subject 20.363[J]. description of normal and lateral forces at the atomic scale, atomistic D. Irvine, K. Ribbeck aspects of adhesion, nanoindentation, molecular details of fracture, chemical force microscopy, elasticity of individual macromolecular 3.056[J] Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces chains, intermolecular interactions in polymers, dynamic force Same subject as 9.67[J] spectroscopy, biomolecular bond strength measurements, and Subject meets with 3.64 molecular motors. Prereq: 3.033 or permission of instructor C. Ortiz U (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3.053[J] Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics Same subject as 2.797[J], 6.024[J], 20.310[J] Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, Prereq: Biology (GIR), (2.370 or 20.110[J]), and (3.016B or 18.03) optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and U (Spring) stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials 4-0-8 units considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical See description under subject 20.310[J]. foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces M. Bathe, A. Grodzinsky magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in 3.054 Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on Subject meets with 3.36 designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms Prereq: 3.032 for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral nal exam consisting of a U (Fall) design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students Not oered regularly; consult department taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 3-0-9 units P. Anikeeva

Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are 3.063 Polymer Physics created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; Prereq: 3.012 derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs U (Spring) and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and 4-0-8 units foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural Credit cannot also be received for 3.942 panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the polymers and other types of "so matter" are presented with respect development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and designing porous scaolds for tissue engineering that mimic the colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions to natural materials and biomimicking. Oers a combination of and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and complete additional assignments. rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, L. Gibson blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies of relationships between structure and function in technologically important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Alexander-Katz

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3.064 Polymer Engineering 3.074 Imaging of Materials Prereq: 3.032 and 3.044 Subject meets with 3.34 U (Fall) Prereq: 3.033 Not oered regularly; consult department U (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units

Overview of polymer material science and engineering. Treatment Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron of physical and chemical properties, mechanical characterization, microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction processing, and their control through inspired polymer material theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with design. the specimen; electron diraction; image formation in transmission N. Holten-Andersen and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diraction and phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review 3.07 Introduction to Ceramics of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking 3-0-9 units graduate version complete additional assignments. J. LeBeau, F. Ross Discusses structure-property relationships in ceramic materials. Includes hierarchy of structures from the atomic to microstructural 3.080 Strategic Materials Selection levels. Defects and transport, solid-state electrochemical processes, Prereq: 3.012, 3.014, or permission of instructor phase equilibria, fracture and phase transformations are discussed Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered in the context of controlling properties for various applications of Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) ceramics. Numerous examples from current technology. 3-0-9 units Y. Chiang Provides a survey of methods for evaluating choice of material 3.071 Amorphous Materials and explores the implications of that choice. Topics include Prereq: (3.030 and 3.033) or permission of instructor manufacturing economics and utility analysis. Students carry out U (Spring) a group project selecting materials technology options based on 3-0-9 units economic characteristics. R. Kirchain Discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids (non-crystalline materials). Covers formation of amorphous 3.081 Industrial Ecology of Materials solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical Subject meets with 3.560 properties; and characterization methods and technical Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor applications. Acad Year 2021-2022: U (Fall) J. Hu Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units

Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a case study regarding materials and technology selection using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. E. Olivetti

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3.085[J] Venture Engineering 3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry Same subject as 2.912[J], 15.373[J] Prereq: None Prereq: None U (Fall, Spring) U (Spring) 5-0-7 units. CHEMISTRY 3-0-9 units Credit cannot also be received for 5.111, 5.112, CC.5111, ES.5111, ES.5112 See description under subject 15.373[J]. S. Stern, E. Fitzgerald Basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering systems. The relationship between electronic structure, 3.086 Innovation and Commercialization of Materials chemical bonding, and atomic order. Characterization of atomic Technology arrangements in crystalline and amorphous solids: metals, Subject meets with 3.207 ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers. Topical coverage of Prereq: None organic chemistry, solution chemistry, acid-base equilibria, U (Spring) electrochemistry, biochemistry, chemical kinetics, diusion, and 4-0-8 units phase diagrams. Examples from industrial practice (including the environmental impact of chemical processes), from energy Introduces the fundamental process of innovating and its role in generation and storage (e.g., batteries and fuel cells), and from promoting growth and prosperity. Exposes students to innovation emerging technologies (e.g., photonic and biomedical devices). through team projects as a structured process, while developing D. Sadoway, P. Anikeeva skills to handle multiple uncertainties simultaneously. Provides training to address these uncertainties through research methods 3.094 Materials in Human Experience in the contexts of materials technology development, market Prereq: None applications, industry structure, intellectual property, and other U (Spring) factors. Case studies place the project in a context of historical 2-3-4 units. HASS-S innovations with worldwide impact. Combination of projects and real-world cases help students identify how they can impact the Examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary world through innovation. societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, E. Fitzgerald transforming them to objects of material culture. Some examples: Maya use of lime plaster for frescoes, books and architectural 3.087 Materials, Societal Impact, and Social Innovation sculpture; sounds and colors of powerful metals in Mesoamerica; Prereq: 1.050, 2.001, 10.467, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of cloth and ber technologies in the Inca empire. Explores ideological instructor and aesthetic criteria oen influential in materials development. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Laboratory/workshop sessions provide hands-on experience with Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) materials discussed in class. Subject complements 3.091. Enrollment 3-0-9 units may be limited. H. N. Lechtman, D. Hosler Students work on exciting, team-based projects at the interdisciplinary frontiers of materials research within a societal 3.095 Introduction to Metalsmithing and humanistic context. Includes topics such as frontier research Prereq: None and inquiry, social innovation, human-centered design thinking, U (Spring) computational design, and additive manufacturing. 2-3-4 units. HASS-A C. Ortiz, E. Spero Centers around art history, design principles, sculptural concepts, and metallurgical processes. Covers metalsmithing techniques of enameling, casting, and hollowware. Students create artworks that interpret lecture material and utilize metalsmithing techniques and metal as means of expression. Also covers topics of art patronage, colonial influence upon arts production, and gender and class issues in making. Lectures and lab sessions supplemented by a visiting artist lecture and art museum eld trip. Limited to 12. T. Fadenrecht

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3.096 Architectural Ironwork (New) 3.14 Physical Metallurgy Prereq: None Subject meets with 3.40[J], 22.71[J] U (Fall) Prereq: 3.030 and 3.032 2-3-4 units. HASS-A U (Spring) 3-0-9 units Explores the use of iron in the built environment throughout history and the world, with an emphasis on traditional European and Focuses on the links between the processing, structure, and American design and connections to contemporary movements in properties of metals and alloys. First, the physical bases for art and architecture. Discusses influence of technology on design strength, stiness, and ductility are discussed with reference and fabrication, spanning both ancient and modern developments. to crystallography, defects, and microstructure. Second, phase Cultivates the ability to design iron in architecture and criticize transformations and microstructural evolution are studied in the ironwork as art. Includes laboratory exercises that teach a variety of context of alloy thermodynamics and kinetics. Together, these basic and advanced iron-working techniques such as hand forging components comprise the modern paradigm for designing metallic and CNC machining. The project-based curriculum begins with microstructures for optimized properties. Concludes with a focus art criticism of Cambridge-area ironwork, progresses to practical on processing/microstructure/property relationships in structural studies of iron architectural elements, and nishes with creation of engineering alloys, particularly steels and aluminum alloys. an architectural object of the student's design. Associated writing Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater assignments for in-lab projects hone criticism and analysis skills. depth. Limited to 6. C. Tasan J. Hunter 3.15 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Materials and Devices 3.100[J] Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering Prereq: 3.024 Same subject as 10.402[J], 20.301[J] U (Spring) Subject meets with 3.322[J], 10.602[J], 20.401[J] Not oered regularly; consult department Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 6.0001; Coreq: 6.402 3-0-9 units U (Spring) 2-0-4 units Explores the relationships between the performance of electrical, Credit cannot also be received for 1.024, 1.224, 2.161, 2.169, optical, and magnetic devices and the microstructural and defect 3.322[J], 10.602[J], 20.401[J], 22.042, 22.42 characteristics of the materials from which they are constructed. Features a device-motivated approach that places strong emphasis Building on core material in 6.402, provides an introduction to the on the design of functional materials for emerging technologies. use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and Applications center around diodes, transistors, memristors, engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to batteries, photodetectors, solar cells (photovoltaics) and solar- design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges to-fuel converters, displays, light emitting diodes, lasers, optical such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bers and optical communications, photonic devices, magnetic data etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design storage and spintronics. of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, J. L.M. Rupp alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit 3.152 Magnetic Materials without simultaneous completion of 6.402. Subject meets with 3.45 R. Gomez-Bombarelli, C. Coley, E. Fraenkel Prereq: 3.024 U (Spring) 3-0-9 units

Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains and domain walls, magnetostatics, magnetic anisotropy, antiferro- and ferrimagnetism, magnetism in thin lms and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, including magnetic recording, spin-valves, and tunnel-junction sensors. Assignments include problem sets and a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. C. Ross

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3.154[J] Materials Performance in Extreme Environments 3.16 Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection Same subject as 22.054[J] Subject meets with 3.39 Prereq: 3.032 and 3.044 Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor U (Spring) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 3-2-7 units Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) 3-0-9 units Studies the behavior of materials in extreme environments typical of those in which advanced energy systems (including fossil, nuclear, Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced steels solar, fuel cells, and battery) operate. Takes both a science and and non-ferrous alloys. Applies physical metallurgy concepts to engineering approach to understanding how current materials solve specic problems targeting sustainable, ecient and safer interact with their environment under extreme conditions. Explores engineered solutions. Discusses industrial challenges involving the role of modeling and simulation in understanding material metallic materials selection and manufacturing for dierent behavior and the design of new materials. Focuses on energy and value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in transportation related systems. essential segments of modern life, such as transportation, energy Sta and structural applications. Recognizing steel as an essential engineering material, subject covers manufacturing and end-uses of 3.155[J] Micro/Nano Processing Technology advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed Same subject as 6.152[J] steels. Also covers materials for very low temperature applications Prereq: Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics II (GIR), or such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature permission of instructor applications such as superalloys. Students taking graduate version U (Spring) complete additional assignments. 3-4-5 units T. Carneiro

See description under subject 6.152[J]. Enrollment limited. 3.17 Principles of Manufacturing (New) J. del Alamo, J. Michel, J. Scholvin Subject meets with 3.37 Prereq: 3.010 and 3.020 3.156 Photonic Materials and Devices U (Fall) Subject meets with 3.46 2-1-9 units Prereq: 3.033 and (18.03 or 3.016B) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance 3-0-9 units limits. Six Sigma methodology employs ve stages for continuous improvement — problem denition, quantication, root cause Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics, organic analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help and nanostructured materials. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics engineers evaluate eciency and assess complex systems. Through and guided wave optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing Device design principles: LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, solar cells, problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing modulators, ber and waveguide interconnects, optical lters, and yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, photonic crystals. Device processing: crystal growth, substrate unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/ engineering, thin lm deposition, etching and process integration qualication, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, for dielectric, silicon and compound semiconductor materials. Micro- cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete and nanophotonic systems. Organic, nanostructured and biological additional assignments. optoelectronics. Assignments include three design projects that L. C. Kimerling emphasize materials, devices and systems applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. J. Hu

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3.171 Structural Materials and Manufacturing 3.20 Materials at Equilibrium Prereq: (3.010 and 3.020) or permission of instructor Prereq: (3.010, 3.013, 3.020, 3.023, 3.030, 3.033, and 3.042) or U (Fall, Spring; partial term) permission of instructor 2-0-10 units G (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. Credit cannot also be received for 5-0-10 units 2.821[J], 3.371[J] Laws of thermodynamics: general formulation and applications Combines online and in-person lectures to discuss structural to mechanical, electromagnetic and electrochemical systems, materials selection, design and processing using examples solutions, and phase diagrams. Computation of phase diagrams. from deformation processes, casting, welding and joining, non- Statistical thermodynamics and relation between microscopic and destructive evaluation, failure and structural life assessment, and macroscopic properties, including ensembles, gases, crystal lattices, codes and standards. Emphasizes the underlying science of a phase transitions. Applications to phase stability and properties of given process rather than a detailed description of the technique mixtures. Representations of chemical equilibria. Interfaces. or equipment. Presented in modules to be selected by student. A. Allanore Students taking graduate version must submit additional work. Meets with 3.371[J] when oered concurrently. 3.201 Introduction to DMSE (New) T. Eagar Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3.18 Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy 2-0-1 units Subject meets with 3.70 Prereq: 3.030 and 3.033 Introduces new DMSE graduate students to DMSE research groups U (Spring) and the departmental spaces available for research. Guides students 3-0-9 units in joining a research group. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. Develops the materials principles, limitations, and challenges Sta of clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations 3.202 Essential Research Skills (New) between the limitations and challenges related to key gures of Prereq: Permission of instructor merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, G (Spring) and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating 2-0-1 units devices exhibiting optimum operating eciencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete Provides instruction in the planning, writing, literature review, additional assignments. presentation, and communication of advanced graduate research D. Sadoway work. Registration limited to students enrolled in DMSE graduate programs. 3.19 Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy Sta Subject meets with 3.50 Prereq: 3.022 Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) 3-0-9 units

Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, e.g., iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. A. Allanore

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3.207 Innovation and Commercialization 3.23 Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials Subject meets with 3.086 Prereq: 8.03 and 18.03 Prereq: None G (Spring) G (Spring) 4-0-8 units 4-0-8 units Origin of electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials. Explores in depth projects on a particular materials-based Focus on the acquisition of quantum mechanical tools. Analysis technology. Investigates the science and technology of materials of the properties of materials. Presentation of the postulates of advances and their strategic value, explore potential applications quantum mechanics. Examination of the hydrogen atom, simple for fundamental advances, and determine intellectual property molecules and bonds, and the behavior of electrons in solids related to the materials technology and applications. Students map and energy bands. Introduction of the variation principle as a progress with presentations, and are expected to create an end- method for the calculation of wavefunctions. Investigation of how of-term document enveloping technology, intellectual property, and why materials respond to dierent electrical, magnetic and applications, and potential commercialization. Lectures cover electromagnetic elds and probes. Study of the conductivity, aspects of technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual dielectric function, and magnetic permeability in metals, property, and commercialization of fundamental technologies. semiconductors, and insulators. Survey of common devices such as E. Fitzgerald transistors, magnetic storage media, optical bers. G. Beach 3.21 Kinetic Processes in Materials Prereq: 3.030, 3.044, (3.010 and 3.020), or permission of instructor 3.24 Structure of Materials G (Spring) Prereq: Permission of instructor 5-0-10 units Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Unied treatment of phenomenological and atomistic kinetic 3-0-9 units processes in materials. Provides the foundation for the advanced understanding of processing, microstructural evolution, and Studies the underlying structure of materials in order to deepen behavior for a broad spectrum of materials. Topics include understanding of structure-property relationships. For crystalline irreversible thermodynamics; rate and transition state theory, materials, fundamentals of structural description includes lattices, diusion; nucleation and phase transitions; continuous phase point and space groups, symmetry and tensor properties. Concepts transitions; grain growth and coarsening; capillarity driven of structure will then be discussed for other types of material: so morphological evolution; and interface stability during phase matter, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, two-dimensional materials transitions. and nanostructured materials. Includes structural descriptions of C. Thompson, M. Cima interfaces and defects. Also introduces some of the key techniques for structure determination. 3.22 Structure and Mechanics of Materials F. M. Ross, J. LeBeau, S. Gradecak Prereq: 3.013 or permission of instructor G (Fall) 3.30[J] Properties of Solid Surfaces 4-0-8 units Same subject as 22.75[J] Prereq: 3.20, 3.21, or permission of instructor Explores structural characteristics of materials focusing on bonding Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) types, crystalline and non-crystalline states, molecular and Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered polymeric materials, and nano-structured materials. Discusses 3-0-9 units how the macroscale mechanical response of materials, and micro- mechanisms of elasticity, plasticity, and fracture, originate from See description under subject 22.75[J]. these structural characteristics. Case studies and examples are B. Yildiz drawn from a variety of material classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin lms, composites, and cellular materials. C. Tasan, F. M. Ross

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3.31[J] Radiation Damage and Eects in Nuclear Materials 3.322[J] Machine Learning for Molecular Engineering Same subject as 22.74[J] Same subject as 10.602[J], 20.401[J] Subject meets with 22.074 Subject meets with 3.100[J], 10.402[J], 20.301[J] Prereq: 3.21, 22.14, or permission of instructor Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and 6.0001; Coreq: 6.482 Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered G (Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 2-0-4 units 3-0-9 units Credit cannot also be received for 1.024, 1.224, 2.161, 2.169, 3.100[J], 10.402[J], 20.301[J], 22.042, 22.42 See description under subject 22.74[J]. M. Short, B. Yildiz Building on core material in 6.482, provides an introduction to the use of machine learning to solve problems arising in the science and 3.320 Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials engineering of biology, chemistry, and materials. Equips students to Prereq: 3.030, 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor design and implement machine learning approaches to challenges G (Fall) such as analysis of omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, 3-0-9 units etc.), microscopy, spectroscopy, or crystallography data and design of new molecules and materials such as drugs, catalysts, polymer, Theory and application of atomistic computer simulations to alloys, ceramics, and proteins. Students taking graduate version model, understand, and predict the properties of real materials. complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit Energy models: from classical potentials to rst-principles without simultaneous completion of 6.482. approaches. Density-functional theory and the total-energy R. Gomez-Bombarelli, C. Coley, E. Fraenkel pseudopotential method. Errors and accuracy of quantitative predictions. Thermodynamic ensembles: Monte Carlo sampling 3.33[J] Defects in Materials and molecular dynamics simulations. Free energies and phase Same subject as 22.73[J] transitions. Fluctations and transport properties. Coarse-graining Prereq: 3.21 and 3.22 approaches and mesoscale models. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Sta Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 3-0-9 units 3.321 Computational Materials Design Subject meets with 3.041 Examines point, line, and planar defects in structural and functional Prereq: 3.20 materials. Relates their properties to transport, radiation response, G (Spring) phase transformations, semiconductor device performance and 3-2-7 units quantum information processing. Focuses on atomic and electronic structures of defects in crystals, with special attention to optical Systems approach to analysis and control of multilevel materials properties, dislocation dynamics, fracture, and charged defects microstructures employing genomic fundamental databases. population and diusion. Examples also drawn from other systems, Applies quantitative process-structure-property-performance e.g., disclinations in liquid crystals, domain walls in ferromagnets, relations in computational parametric design of materials shear bands in metallic glass, etc. composition under processability constraints to achieve predicted J. Li microstructures meeting multiple property objectives established by industry performance requirements. Covers integration of macroscopic process models with microstructural simulation to accelerate materials qualication through component-level process optimization and forecasting of manufacturing variation to eciently dene minimum property design allowables. Case studies of interdisciplinary multiphysics collaborative modeling with applications across materials classes. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. G. Olson

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3.34 Imaging of Materials 3.36 Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications Subject meets with 3.074 Subject meets with 3.054 Prereq: 3.033, 3.23, or permission of instructor Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor G (Spring) G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units

Principles and applications of (scanning) transmission electron Discusses processing and structure of cellular solids as they are microscopy. Topics include electron optics and aberration correction created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites; theory; modeling and simulating the interactions of electrons with derivation of models for the mechanical properties of honeycombs the specimen; electron diraction; image formation in transmission and foams; and how unique properties of honeycombs and and scanning transmission electron microscopy; diraction and foams are exploited in applications such as lightweight structural phase contrast; imaging of crystals and crystal imperfections; review panels, energy absorption devices, and thermal insulation. Covers of the most recent advances in electron microscopy for bio- and applications of cellular solids in medicine, such as increased fracture nanosciences; analysis of chemical composition and electronic risk due to trabecular bone loss in patients with osteoporosis, the structure at the atomic scale. Lectures complemented by real-case development of metal foam coatings for orthopedic implants, and studies and computer simulations/data analysis. Students taking designing porous scaolds for tissue engineering that mimic the graduate version complete additional assignments. extracellular matrix. Includes modelling of cellular materials applied J. LeBeau, F. Ross to natural materials and biomimicking. Oers a combination of online and in-person instruction. Students taking graduate version 3.35 Fracture and Fatigue complete additional assignments. Prereq: 3.22 or permission of instructor L. Gibson Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3.37 Principles of Manufacturing (New) 3-0-9 units Subject meets with 3.17 Prereq: None Advanced study of material failure in response to mechanical G (Fall) stresses. Damage mechanisms include microstructural changes, 2-1-9 units crack initiation, and crack propagation under monotonic and cyclic loads. Covers a wide range of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers, Teaches the methodology to achieve Six Sigma materials yield: thin lms, biological materials, composites. Describes toughening 99.99966% of end products perform within the required tolerance mechanisms and the eect of material microstructures. Includes limits. Six Sigma methodology employs ve stages for continuous stress-life, strain-life, and damage-tolerant approaches. Emphasizes improvement — problem denition, quantication, root cause fracture mechanics concepts and latest applications for structural analysis, solution implementation, and process control to help materials, biomaterials, microelectronic components as well as engineers evaluate eciency and assess complex systems. Through nanostructured materials. Limited to 10. case studies, explores classic examples of materials processing M. Dao problems and the solutions that achieved Six Sigma manufacturing yield throughout the manufacturing system: extraction, design, unit processes, process flow, in-line control, test, performance/ qualication, reliability, environmental impact, product life cycle, cost, and workforce. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. L. C. Kimerling

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3.371[J] Structural Materials 3.39 Industrial Challenges in Metallic Materials Selection Same subject as 2.821[J] Subject meets with 3.16 Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: 3.20 or permission of instructor G (Fall, Spring, Summer; partial term) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 2-0-10 units Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. Credit cannot also be received for 3.171 3-0-9 units

Combines online and in-person lectures to discuss structural Advanced metals and alloy design with emphasis in advanced materials selection, design and processing using examples steels and non-ferrous alloys. Applies physical metallurgy concepts from deformation processes, casting, welding and joining, non- to solve specic problems aiming at sustainable, ecient and destructive evaluation, failure and structural life assessment, and safer engineered solutions. Discusses industrial challenges codes and standards. Emphasizes the underlying science of a involving metallic materials selection and manufacturing for dierent given process rather than a detailed description of the technique value chains and industrial segments. Includes applications in or equipment. Presented in modules to be selected by student. essential segments of modern life such as transportation, energy Students taking graduate version must submit additional work. and strutuctural applications. Recognizing steel as an essential Meets with 3.171 when oered concurrently. engineering material, the course will cover manufacturing and end- T. Eagar, A. Slocum uses of advanced steels ranging from microalloyed steels to highly alloyed steels. Materials for very low temperature applications 3.38 Ceramics: Processing, Properties and Functional Devices such as superconducting materials and for higher temperature Prereq: None applications such as superalloys will also be covered. Students G (Fall) taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Not oered regularly; consult department T. Carneiro 3-0-9 units 3.40[J] Modern Physical Metallurgy Explores modern ceramic processing - ranging from large-scale Same subject as 22.71[J] synthesis, 3D manufacturing and printing to nanoscale-thin lm Subject meets with 3.14 structures integrated for microelectronics useful for material, Prereq: 3.030 and 3.032 chemical, electronic or mechanical engineers. Examples of devices G (Spring) studied include opto-electronic materials, sensors, memories, 3-0-9 units batteries, solar-to-fuel convertors, and solid oxide fuel cells. Provides the skills and guidance to design ceramic and glassy Examines how the presence of 1-, 2- and 3-D defects and second materials for large-scale components as energy storage or phases control the mechanical, electromagnetic and chemical convertors, or for nano-scale electronic applications in information behavior of metals and alloys. Considers point, line and interfacial storage devices. defects in the context of structural transformations including J. L. M. Rupp annealing, spinodal decomposition, nucleation, growth, and particle coarsening. Concentrates on structure-function relationships, and in particular how grain size, interstitial and substitutional solid solutions, and second-phase particles impact mechanical and other properties Industrially relevant case studies illustrate lecture concepts. Students taking the graduate version explore the subject in greater depth. C. Tasan

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3.41 Colloids, Surfaces, Absorption, Capillarity, and Wetting 3.44 Materials Processing for Micro- and Nano-Systems Phenomena Prereq: 3.20 and 3.21 Prereq: 3.20 and 3.21 G (Fall) G (Fall) 3-0-9 units Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units Processing of bulk, thin lm, and nanoscale materials for applications in electronic, magnetic, electromechanical, and Integrates elements of physics and chemistry toward the study of photonic devices and microsystems. Topics include growth of material surfaces. Begins with classical colloid phenomena and bulk, thin-lm, nanoscale single crystals via vapor and liquid the interaction between surfaces in dierent media. Discusses the phase processes; formation, patterning and processing of thin mechanisms of surface charge generation as well as how dispersion lms, with an emphasis on relationships among processing, forces are created and controlled. Continues with exploration of structure, and properties; and processing of systems of nanoscale chemical absorption processes and surface design of inorganic and materials. Examples from materials processing for applications organic materials. Includes examples in which such surface design in high-performance integrated electronic circuits, micro-/nano- can be used to control critical properties of materials in applications. electromechanical devices and systems and integrated sensors. Addresses lastly how liquids interact with solids as viewed by C. V. Thompson capillarity and wetting phenomena. Studies how materials are used in processes and applications that are intended to control liquids, 3.45 Magnetic Materials and how the surface chemistry and structure of those materials Subject meets with 3.152 makes such applications possible. Prereq: 3.23 M. Cima G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3.42 Electronic Materials Design Prereq: 3.23 Topics include origin of magnetism in materials, magnetic domains G (Fall) and domain walls, magnetostatics, anisotropy, antiferro- and 3-0-9 units ferrimagnetism, magnetization dynamics, spintronics, magnetism in thin lms and nanoparticles, magnetotransport phenomena, Extensive and intensive examination of structure-processing- and magnetic characterization. Discusses a range of applications, property correlations for a wide range of materials including metals, including magnetic recording, spintronic memory, magnetoopical semiconductors, dielectrics, and optical materials. Topics covered devices, and multiferroics. Assignments include problem sets and include defect equilibria; junction characteristics; photodiodes, light a term paper on a magnetic device or technology. Students taking sources and displays; bipolar and eld eect transistors; chemical, graduate version complete additional assignments. thermal and mechanical transducers; data storage. Emphasis on C. Ross materials design in relation to device performance. H. L. Tuller

3.43[J] Integrated Microelectronic Devices Same subject as 6.720[J] Prereq: 3.42 or 6.012 G (Fall) 4-0-8 units

See description under subject 6.720[J]. J. A. del Alamo, H. L. Tuller

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3.46 Photonic Materials and Devices 3.560 Industrial Ecology of Materials Subject meets with 3.156 Subject meets with 3.081 Prereq: 3.23 Prereq: 3.20 or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units

Optical materials design for semiconductors, dielectrics and Covers quantitative techniques to address principles of substitution, polymers. Ray optics, electromagnetic optics and guided wave dematerialization, and waste mining implementation in materials optics. Physics of light-matter interactions. Device design principles: systems. Includes life-cycle and materials flow analysis of the LEDs, lasers, photodetectors, modulators, ber and waveguide impacts of materials extraction; processing; use; and recycling interconnects, optical lters, and photonic crystals. Device for materials, products, and services. Student teams undertake a processing: crystal growth, substrate engineering, thin lm case study regarding materials and technology selection using the deposition, etching and process integration for dielectric, silicon latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials and compound semiconductor materials. Microphotonic integrated process. Students taking graduate version complete additional circuits. Telecom/datacom systems. Assignments include three assignments. design projects that emphasize materials, devices and systems E. Olivetti applications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 3.57 Materials Selection, Design, and Economics J. Hu Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3.50 Sustainable Chemical Metallurgy 3-0-6 units Subject meets with 3.19 Prereq: 3.022 or permission of instructor A survey of techniques for analyzing how the choice of materials, Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered processes, and design determine properties, performance, and Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) cost. Topics include production and cost functions, mathematical 3-0-9 units optimization, evaluation of single and multi-attribute utility, decision analysis, materials property charts, and performance indices. Covers principles of metal extraction processes. Provides a Students use analytical techniques to develop a plan for starting a direct application of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and new materials-related business. kinetics to the industrial production of metals from their ores, Sta e.g. iron, aluminum, or reactive metals and silicon. Discusses the corresponding economics and global challenges. Addresses 3.64 Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces advanced techniques for sustainable metal extraction, particularly Subject meets with 3.056[J], 9.67[J] with respect to greenhouse gas emissions. Students taking graduate Prereq: Permission of instructor version complete additional assignments. G (Spring) A. Allanore 3-0-9 units

3.53 Electrochemical Processing of Materials Builds a foundation of physical principles underlying electrical, Prereq: 3.044 optical, and magnetic approaches to neural recording and G (Spring) stimulation. Discusses neural recording probes and materials 3-0-6 units considerations that influence the quality of the signals and longevity of the probes in the brain. Students then consider physical Thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous and foundations for optical recording and modulation. Introduces nonaqueous electrolytes. The electrode/electrolyte interface. magnetism in the context of biological systems. Focuses on magnetic Kinetics of electrode processes. Electrochemical characterization: neuromodulation methods and touches upon magnetoreception in d.c. techniques (controlled potential, controlled current), a.c. nature and its physical limits. Includes team projects that focus on techniques (voltametry and impedance spectroscopy). Applications: designing electrical, optical, or magnetic neural interface platforms electrowinning, electrorening, electroplating, and electrosynthesis, for neuroscience. Concludes with an oral nal exam consisting of a as well as electrochemical power sources (batteries and fuel cells). design component and a conversation with the instructor. Students D. R. Sadoway taking graduate version complete additional assignments. P. Anikeeva

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3.65 So Matter Characterization 3.692 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered U (Fall, Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Units arranged 1-2-9 units Can be repeated for credit.

Focuses on the design and execution of advanced experiments to Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under characterize so materials, such as synthetic and natural polymers, the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by biological composites, and supramolecular nanomaterials. Each preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, week focuses on a new characterization technique explored through and monitoring students' progress. Credit arranged on a case-by- interactive lectures, demonstrations, and lab practicum sessions case basis and reviewed by the department. Limited to Course 3 in which students gain experience in key experimental aspects of undergraduates selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. so matter sample preparation and characterization. Among others, J. Hu topics include chemical characterization, rheology and viscometry, microscopy, and spectroscopic analyses. Limited to 15. 3.694 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering J. Ortony Prereq: None G (Spring) 3.69 Teaching Fellows Seminar Not oered regularly; consult department Prereq: None Units arranged G (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. Not oered regularly; consult department 2-0-1 units . Can be repeated for credit. D. Sadoway

Provides instruction to help prepare students for teaching at an 3.693-3.699 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering advanced level and for industry or academic career paths. Topics Prereq: None include preparing a syllabus, selecting a textbook, scheduling G (Spring) assignments and examinations, lecture preparation, "chalk and Units arranged talk" vs. electronic presentations, academic honesty and discipline, Can be repeated for credit. preparation of examinations, grading practices, working with teaching assistants, working with colleagues, mentoring outside the Laboratory, tutorial, or classroom teaching under the supervision of classroom, pursuing academic positions, teaching through technical a faculty member. Students selected by interview. Enrollment limited talks, and successful grant writing strategies. by availability of suitable teaching assignments. C. Schuh D. Sadoway

3.691 Teaching Materials Science and Engineering 3.70 Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy Prereq: Permission of instructor Subject meets with 3.18 U (Fall, Spring) Prereq: 3.20, 3.23, or permission of instructor 0-1-0 units G (Spring) Can be repeated for credit. 3-0-9 units

Provides classroom or laboratory teaching experience under Develops the materials principles, limitations and challenges the supervision of faculty member(s). Students assist faculty by in clean energy technologies, including solar, energy storage, preparing instructional materials, leading discussion groups, and thermoelectrics, fuel cells, and novel fuels. Draws correlations monitoring students' progress. Limited to Course 3 undergraduates between the limitations and challenges related to key gures of selected by Teaching Assignments Committee. merit and the basic underlying thermodynamic, structural, transport, J. Hu and physical principles, as well as to the means for fabricating devices exhibiting optimum operating eciencies and extended life at reasonable cost. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. D. Sadoway

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3.903[J] Seminar in Polymers and So Matter 3.942 Polymer Physics Same subject as 10.960[J] Prereq: 3.032 or permission of instructor Prereq: None G (Spring) G (Fall, Spring) 4-0-8 units 2-0-0 units Credit cannot also be received for 3.063 Can be repeated for credit. The mechanical, optical, electrical, and transport properties of See description under subject 10.960[J]. polymers and other types of "so matter" are presented with respect A. Alexander-Katz, R. E. Cohen, D. Irvine to the underlying physics and physical chemistry of polymers and colloids in solution, and solid states. Topics include how enthalpy 3.930 Internship Program and entropy determine conformation, molecular dimensions Prereq: None and packing of polymer chains and colloids and supramolecular U (Fall, Spring, Summer) materials. Examination of the structure of glassy, crystalline, and 0-6-0 units rubbery elastic states of polymers; thermodynamics of solutions, blends, crystallization; liquid crystallinity, microphase separation, Provides academic credit for rst approved materials science and self-assembled organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Case studies and engineering internship. For reporting requirements, consult of relationships between structure and function in technologically the faculty internship program coordinator. Limited to Course 3 important polymeric systems. Students taking graduate version internship track majors. complete additional assignments. T. Eagar A. Alexander-Katz

3.931 Internship Program 3.963[J] Biomaterials Science and Engineering Prereq: 3.930 Same subject as 20.463[J] U (Fall, Spring, Summer) Subject meets with 3.055[J], 20.363[J] 0-6-0 units Prereq: 20.110[J] or permission of instructor Provides academic credit for second approved materials science and G (Fall) engineering internship in the year following completion of 3.930. 3-0-9 units For reporting requirements consult the faculty internship program See description under subject 20.463[J]. coordinator. Limited to Course 3 internship track majors. D. Irvine, K. Ribbeck T. Eagar 3.971[J] Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics 3.932 Industrial Practice Same subject as 2.798[J], 6.524[J], 10.537[J], 20.410[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Biology (GIR) and (2.002, 2.006, 6.013, 10.301, or 10.302) G (Summer) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Units arranged Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall, Spring) Can be repeated for credit. 3-0-9 units

Provides academic credit to graduate students for approved See description under subject 20.410[J]. internship assignments at companies/national laboratories. R. D. Kamm, K. J. Van Vliet Restricted to DMSE SM or PhD/ScD students. D. Sadoway

3.941[J] Statistical Mechanics of Polymers Same subject as 10.668[J] Prereq: 10.568 or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units

See description under subject 10.668[J]. G. C. Rutledge, A. Alexander-Katz

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Archaeology and Archaeological Science 3.984 Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics Prereq: Permission of instructor 3.981 Communities of the Living and the Dead: the Archaeology G (Fall) of Ancient Egypt 3-6-3 units Prereq: None Seminars and labs provide in-depth study of the technologies U (Spring) ancient societies used to produce objects from ceramic materials, 3-0-9 units. HASS-S including clays and mortars. Seminars cover basic ceramic materials Examines the development of complex societies in Egypt over a science and engineering and relate materials selection and 3000-year period. Uses archaeological and historical sources to processing to environment, exchange, political power, and cultural determine how and why prehistoric communities coalesced into values. a long-lived and powerful state. Studies the remains of ancient H. N. Lechtman, J. Meanwell settlements, tombs, and temples, exploring their relationships to one another and to the geopolitical landscape of Egypt and the 3.985[J] Archaeological Science Mediterranean world. Considers the development of advanced Same subject as 5.24[J], 12.011[J] technologies, rise of social hierarchy, expansion of empire, role of Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) or Physics I (GIR) writing, and growth of a complex economy. U (Spring) Sta 3-1-5 units. HASS-S Pressing issues in archaeology as an anthropological science. 3.982 The Ancient Andean World Stresses the natural science and engineering methods Prereq: None archaeologists use to address these issues. Reconstructing U (Fall) time, space, and human ecologies provides one focus; materials Not oered regularly; consult department technologies that transform natural materials to material 3-0-6 units. HASS-S culture provide another. Topics include 14C dating, ice core and Examines development of Andean civilization which culminated in palynological analysis, GIS and other remote sensing techniques the extraordinary empire established by the Inka. Archaeological, for site location, organic residue analysis, comparisons between ethnographic, and ethnohistorical approaches. Particular attention Old World and New World bronze production, invention of rubber to the unusual topography of the Andean area, its influence by Mesoamerican societies, analysis and conservation of Dead Sea upon local ecology, and the characteristic social, political, and Scrolls. technological responses of Andean people to life in a topographically D. Hosler, H. N. Lechtman "vertical" world. Characteristic cultural styles of prehistoric Andean life. 3.986 The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology D. Hosler Prereq: None U (Fall) 3.983 Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization 3-0-9 units. HASS-S; CI-H Prereq: None From an archaeological perspective, examines ancient human U (Spring) activities and the forces that shaped them. Draws on case studies 3-0-6 units. HASS-S from the Old and/or New World. Exposes students to various classes Examines origins, florescence and collapse of selected civilizations of archaeological data, such as stone, bone, and ceramics, that help of ancient Mesoamerica using archaeological and ethnohistoric reconstruct the past. evidence. Focuses on the Maya, including their hieroglyphic writing. M. Price Themes include development of art and architecture, urbanism, religious and political institutions, human-environment interactions, and socio-political collapse. Representations of Maya society in contemporary lm and media. Limited to 10. F. Rossi

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3.987 Human Evolution: Data from Palaeontology, Archaeology, 3.993 Archaeology of the Middle East and Materials Science Prereq: None Prereq: None U (Spring) U (Spring) 3-0-6 units. HASS-S 3-2-7 units. HASS-S Explores the long history of the Middle East and its role as an Examines human physical and cultural evolution over the past ve enduring center of civilization and human thought. Beginning over million years via lectures and labs that incorporate data from human 100,000 years ago and ending up in the present day, tackles major palaeontology, archaeology, and materials science. Topics include issues in the human career through examination of archaeological the evolution of hominin morphology and adaptations; the nature and written materials. Students track the course of human and structure of bone and its importance in human evolution; and development in the Middle East, from hunting and gathering to cities the fossil and archaeological evidence for human behavioral and and empires. cultural evolution, from earliest times through the Pleistocene. M. Price Laboratory sessions include study of stone technology, artifacts, and fossil specimens. 3.995 First Year Thesis Research (New) M. Price Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 3.989 Materials in Ancient Societies: Ceramics Laboratory Units arranged [P/D/F] Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) Preparation for program of research leading to the writing of an 3-6-3 units SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Includes research and departmental Laboratory analysis of archaeological artifacts of ceramics. Follows presentation. on 3.984. F. M. Ross J. Meanwell 3.997 Graduate Fieldwork in Materials Science and Engineering 3.990 Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: 3.985[J], 3.986, and 21A.00 G (Fall, Spring, Summer) U (Fall, Spring) Units arranged 3-0-6 units Can be repeated for credit.

Designed for undergraduate seniors majoring in Archaeology and Program of eld research in materials science and engineering Materials. Critical analysis of major intellectual and methodological leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD thesis; to be arranged by developments in American archaeology, including evolutionary the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. theory, the "New Archaeology," Marxism, formal and ideological D. Hosler, H. Lechtman approaches. Explores the use of science and engineering methods to reconstruct cultural patterns from archaeological data. Seminar 3.998 Doctoral Thesis Update Meeting format, with formal presentations by all students. Non-majors Prereq: None fullling all prerequisites may enroll by permission of instructors. G (Fall, Spring) Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. 0-1-0 units D. Hosler, H. Lechtman Thesis research update presentation to the thesis committee. Held the rst or second academic term aer successfully passing the Thesis Area Examination. Sta

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3.EPE UPOP Engineering Practice Experience 3.S04 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Prereq: Permission of instructor Oered under: 1.EPE, 2.EPE, 3.EPE, 6.EPE, 8.EPE, 10.EPE, 15.EPE, U (Spring) 16.EPE, 20.EPE, 22.EPE Units arranged Prereq: 2.EPW or permission of instructor Can be repeated for credit. U (Fall, Spring) 0-0-1 units Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for See description under subject 2.EPE. completely dierent subject matter. Sta Sta

3.EPW UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop 3.S05 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Prereq: Permission of instructor Oered under: 1.EPW, 2.EPW, 3.EPW, 6.EPW, 10.EPW, 16.EPW, U (Fall) 20.EPW, 22.EPW Units arranged Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP) Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered 1-0-0 units in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for completely dierent subject matter. See description under subject 2.EPW. Enrollment limited. Sta Sta 3.S06 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S01 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) U (Fall) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Can be repeated for credit. Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered regularly scheduled subjects. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Sta completely dierent subject matter. Sta 3.S07 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor 3.S02 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering U (Fall) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged U (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered completely dierent subject matter. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Sta completely dierent subject matter. Sta 3.S08 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor 3.S03 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Prereq: Permission of instructor Not oered regularly; consult department U (Fall) Units arranged [P/D/F] Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered completely dierent subject matter. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Sta completely dierent subject matter. Sta

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3.S09 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S75 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) G (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged Units arranged [P/D/F] Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Lecture, seminar, or laboratory consisting of material not oered are not included in the permanent curriculum. in regularly scheduled subjects. Can be repeated for credit only for Sta completely dierent subject matter. Sta 3.S76-3.S79 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering 3.S70 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (IAP) G (Fall) Units arranged [P/D/F] Units arranged Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum. are not included in the permanent curriculum. Sta Sta 3.THG Graduate Thesis 3.S71 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) G (Fall, IAP) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, PhD, or ScD are not included in the permanent curriculum. thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty A. Allanore, T. Carneiro member. D. Sadoway 3.S72 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor 3.THU Undergraduate Thesis G (Fall) Prereq: None Not oered regularly; consult department U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that are not included in the permanent curriculum. Program of research leading to the writing of an SB thesis; to be Sta arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. 3.S74 Special Subject in Materials Science and Engineering Information: DMSE Academic Oce Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 3.UR Undergraduate Research Not oered regularly; consult department Prereq: None Units arranged U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged [P/D/F] Covers advanced topics in Materials Science and Engineering that Can be repeated for credit. are not included in the permanent curriculum. Sta Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration procedures. Information: DMSE Academic Oce

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3.URG Undergraduate Research Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

Extended participation in work of a research group. Independent study of literature, direct involvement in group's research (commensurate with student skills), and project work under an individual faculty member. See UROP coordinator for registration procedures. Information: DMSE Academic Oce

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